Feed regulator



H. J. CARSON.

FEED REGULATOR. I APPLICATION FILED MAR 19,1919. 1 ,4126 ,Q4] ,v Patented Aug. 15, 1922.

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make and use the same. I

My inventlon relates to improvements in vices hereinafter described and'defined in HUGH J. season, or FAIRFAX," MINNESOTA.-

' FEED REGULATOR..

Original application filed" July 27,..1916, Serial 1T0.

" Specificationof Letters Patent.r Patentgd .A 'fig 111,636. me no. 1,294,397,.,aateerbniai is,

1919. Dividedand this application filed Mann e, 191 serial, m, 283,601.

To all whom it may concern: v

Be it known that I, HUGH J. Carson, a citizen of the United States, residing at Fairfax, in the county of Renville and State of Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements, in Feed...Regulators; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and 'exactdescription of the invention, suchas will enable others skilled in the art to whichit appertains to portable elevators. and is in thefn'ature of a'division of my co-pending applicationof the same title, filed July' 27, 1916, under" S. N. 111,636,'which matured into Patent #1294397 granted February 18', 1919.

To the above end, the invention consists ofthe novel devices and combinations of dethe claims. U I, x

In the accompanying drawings, which illustrate the invention,1like characters indicate vlike parts throughout, the several views. g

Referring to the drawings, Fig. .1 is a'fragmentary view in side elevation showing theinvention attached to a wagon by whichit may be drawn from place 1 to place; I Y Fig. 2is a transverse section taken on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1; 1 c f Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section taken centrally through the elevator with thewhe'els removed and supported infoperative position on the ground; and f Fig. 4 is a perspective View of the loader,

as shown in Fig. 1. Y r

The numeral 5 indicates a main frame or base having an axle .6 on which is removably journaled a pair of truck wheels '7. These truck wheels 7 are provided for transporting the elevator from place to place, as shown in Fig. 1, but when the elevator is in use, said wheels areremoved and the base 5 supported directly on the ground,- as shown in Fig. 3. v

A fan casing 8 is mounted on the frame 5 in an oblique position and has on its uppermost side an eye 9. Surrounding the eye 9, is a casing extension 10 havin a hinged cover or top plate 11. Mounte in' the fan casing 8, is a centrifugal fan 12 hav ing a shaft and driving connections, 1116.1

of the leg structure 19; t Withinthe frame 18, is an endlessi'conveyor 2 1, 111 the formof a wide belt arranged catedpas an entirety by the .55

gas engine or other suitablemeansfiin'aybe prov ded for 'jdrivingthe fan 12.

' l 'ocated ontheeye side of thefancasing '8, 1s a pairof posts 14,-1the lower ends of Y which are pivoted to the frame :5 and their upper ends are adjustably connected by I pair of rods 15 to said jfan casing. Aborizontal shaft 16, which extends;transversely 'ofthe loader, is journaled inbearings 171011 the lntermediate portioris'ofjthe; posts, 141.

One end ofla conveyor frame 181is eX- tended ntoj-the fan casing extension 10 and I pivoted on the shaft16 for vertical swiijiging movement, The other or outer, end .ofthe' conveyor frame 18 is open and provided -with a; leg structure 19. Afpair, ofoblique r0ds 20 is provided for holding the' conveyor frame 18 against pivotalfmovement, on the shaft "16,- .The iinneriends of these rods 20 m removably'attached tothe lower '75 ends of a pair of braces 21 for theposts l and their other or outer endsare bent", to

form hooks 22 adapted ;to enter eyes, in a 1 transverse bar 23 on the'uppe rend,portions to run over a pair of rollersj25 and 26, the former of which is. driven by securing the same to the shaft 16gfor rotationtherewith and the latter of which is idle. andcarried by a shaft'27 mounted in adju'stable'fbeanings 28 on the frame 18. Obviously, by ad-- justing' the bearings 28,.thef tension .of the onveyon2 l may be-varied, at'will. 'The upper 'section of the conveyor.2211s siippo'ri;-

edflona deck 29 within the frame-118.] 1

I The endless "conveyor 24 is; drivenib yzaf sprocket chain 30 arranged to mat er a sprocket wheel 31 secured tonne of the'9 5.

movable parts of the connections 13 and i a relatively largesprocket ,wheel 32' ;on: the shaft 16. As the sprocket wheel 32' is located at the pivot supportfor the frame 18,

the tension of the sprocket chain 30 is not changed, during the raising and lowering of said frame, but it may be varied,at will,

by adjusting theposts 14 with the rods 15.;

It will be noted that the cover 11 rests on during t frame.

An open bottom-hopper trough 33 is mounted on the upper longitudinal edges of the conveyor frame 18, for horizontal sliding movement toward and from the eye of the fan casing 8. Interlocking joint strips 34 connect the hopper trough 33 to'the conveyor frame 18, with freedom for horizontal sliding movement, but hold the same against lifting movement therefrom. If desired,the hopper trough 33 maybe entirely moved from the conveyor frame'18 by sliding the same through the outer open end thereof, The open bottom of the hopper trougl1h33is arranged to dischargegrain onto the upper section of the conveyor 24. and the flow of grain thereto is regulated v by a feed board 35.

The feed board 35 is suspended within the hopper 33 by a pair of upright arms 36 having their lower ends forming brackets and rigidly secured to the upper face of said feed board and having their upper ends 1 pivoted to the ends of the hopper trough The outer arm 36 is extended to form an operating lever 37 by which the feed board 35 may be oscillated within the feed hopper 33 to either completely close the open bottom thereof, or variably open the same atthe longitudinal edges of said board to permit the escape or grain from the hopper trough 33 to the convcyor 24. "To hold the feed board 35 in differentadjustments, there is securedto the front end of the hopper trough 33 a notched latch bar 38 with which the lever 37 yieldingly interlocksby a lateral springing action.

A hook 39, secured to the bar 23 at the transverse center of theelev'ator, is adapted to be interlocked with an eye-bolt 40 secured in the reach 41 of a wagon -12. This hook 39 and eye-bolt adafford a'separable cou pling for connecting the elevator to a wagon as a trailer and supporting the front leg structure 19 above the road, so that said elevator is supported entirely on its wheels? When the elevator is attached to a wagon as atrailer, the rodsQO are used to hold the conveyor frame 18 against-pivotal n'iovement with respect to the framefi.

In using the elevator for conveying grain from a wagon and discharging the same into a storage bin or other receptacle, the same must bedetached from the wagon, the wheels 7 removed, to permit the frame 5'to rest directly on' the ground, andthe' rods 20 detached' to release the conveyor frame 18, so that the same may be swung on its pivot 16.

The-elevator frame 18 is then raised to permit a wagon, hauling grain to the elevator, to pass the same and then lowered and the hopper trough 33 adjusted, transversely of the wagon, to bring the same into alignment with the box. The tail gate of the wagon is then opened to'permit the discharge of grain into the hopper trough From the hopper trough 33, the grain fed; to the conveyor 24, in any desired quantitieaby adjusting the feed board to vary the openings between said feed boardand the sides of the hopper trough. The conveyor 24 delivers the grain through the eye 9 to the fan 1E2, which, in turn, discharges the same into the bin or other. receptacle;

l/Vhat I claim is 1. A feeding device comprisinga hopper havin )arallel end walls and conver in side walls spacedat their bottom edges, flat member extending substantially hor17ontally between said edges and overlapping one of the same, said member being pivoted to the end. walls of the hopper .on an. axis lo-.

cated' above said member and at one side of the center thereof. a

2. The-structure set forth in claim 1, said member having its bottom portion upwardly curved at the side where it (iverlap s one' of the said edges ofthe hopper side.

A feeding device comprlsing a hopper having parallel end walls andconverglng side walls spaced at'their bottom edges,

and overlapping one of the same,.said member being pivoted to the-end. walls of the fiat member extending between said edges" 

